Dave's NB8B build in progress
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 8:28 pm
So i bought a nb8b just over a month ago now its been real fun driving so far, till i found out the clutch was going and then also found out the gearbox was going, so these things now need to be replaced and I'm up for a couple thousand, thats when i thought, hey why not fix it up nice, i see so many people on here that are getting really good results with their mx5's and i don't want to sell it cause its such a good drive
so here is what is in progress so far
I've bought
exedey sports tuff heavy duty clutch
fidanza lightweight flywheel 9pounds or just a touch over 4kg (I hadn't heard much about these flywheels here but they seem to get really good reviews through the american sites)
some tokico adjustable shocks and lowered springs to go with it (this was a spontaneous eBay purchase, i don't know much about these at all, though at $400 i felt they were a good buy, considering flying' miata were selling the shocks alone for $570 USD)
3.9 torsen diff (which i want to change to a 4.1, though the 3.9 will do if no one buys it) heres a link if your interested
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=71677
as for interior of the car when i first got it ,it had all that ugly wood trim stuck to it, that was the very first thing, get rid of that, i have to say it was a bit of a mission, i ended up getting a syringe from a chemist, filling it with metho (i know this sounds odd) then lifting the adhesive side as much as i could, which was only a touch because they were really stuck down, then injecting that bit with the metho, it worked beautifully on everything besides the part of the door where the tweeters go, so i just bought them bits on there own and switched them out,
i also changed the head deck, speakers and installed an amp, (I'm a musician in my spare time so i needed a crystal clear sound)
exterior, well don't plan on doing to much here, only a couple little scratches that need to be fixed, and i just bought some cheap second hand wheels that are good enough for now, my main goal is engine at this point
so thats so far, nothing mechanically is fitted yet, some of the parts I'm still waiting for to arrive, and once they do I'm just going to wait and install all of that in one big hit, all thats left for me now is to buy the gearbox, which should be in a week, once I've got that, it will all get installed, and eventually ill be looking at a turbo (probably not long after the gearbox gets done is when ill start buying the rest of the stuff for the turbo, as I've already found a manifold and downpipe which ill be picking up next week)
so here is what is in progress so far
I've bought
exedey sports tuff heavy duty clutch
fidanza lightweight flywheel 9pounds or just a touch over 4kg (I hadn't heard much about these flywheels here but they seem to get really good reviews through the american sites)
some tokico adjustable shocks and lowered springs to go with it (this was a spontaneous eBay purchase, i don't know much about these at all, though at $400 i felt they were a good buy, considering flying' miata were selling the shocks alone for $570 USD)
3.9 torsen diff (which i want to change to a 4.1, though the 3.9 will do if no one buys it) heres a link if your interested
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=71677
as for interior of the car when i first got it ,it had all that ugly wood trim stuck to it, that was the very first thing, get rid of that, i have to say it was a bit of a mission, i ended up getting a syringe from a chemist, filling it with metho (i know this sounds odd) then lifting the adhesive side as much as i could, which was only a touch because they were really stuck down, then injecting that bit with the metho, it worked beautifully on everything besides the part of the door where the tweeters go, so i just bought them bits on there own and switched them out,
i also changed the head deck, speakers and installed an amp, (I'm a musician in my spare time so i needed a crystal clear sound)
exterior, well don't plan on doing to much here, only a couple little scratches that need to be fixed, and i just bought some cheap second hand wheels that are good enough for now, my main goal is engine at this point
so thats so far, nothing mechanically is fitted yet, some of the parts I'm still waiting for to arrive, and once they do I'm just going to wait and install all of that in one big hit, all thats left for me now is to buy the gearbox, which should be in a week, once I've got that, it will all get installed, and eventually ill be looking at a turbo (probably not long after the gearbox gets done is when ill start buying the rest of the stuff for the turbo, as I've already found a manifold and downpipe which ill be picking up next week)
you'll love it